On September 29, 2023, the D.C. Policy Center Executive Director Yesim Sayin was cited by the Washington Business Journal:
“Commercial property has always been the District’s workhorse … and these are the kinds of buildings that are increasingly under duress,” Yesim Sayin, executive director of the D.C. Policy Center, said at the chamber event. “Honestly, we just don’t have a very good idea of what commercial buildings are worth these days. That’s because we have not seen any sales. There have been a few distressed sales and transfers, just a handful of them in the past year, which show value declines of over 50%.”